GJr: Series Knockhill Saturday summary

FOURTH WIN OF YEAR FOR IMPRESSIVE INGRAM AT KNOCKHILL
Ginetta Junior Championship points leader Tom Ingram drew further clear
of his rivals at Knockhill in Scotland this afternoon, Saturday, 4th
September, with a tremendous win during the 15th...

FOURTH WIN OF YEAR FOR IMPRESSIVE INGRAM AT KNOCKHILL

Ginetta Junior Championship points leader Tom Ingram drew further clear
of his rivals at Knockhill in Scotland this afternoon, Saturday, 4th
September, with a tremendous win during the 15th round of the 2010 season
-- his third success on the trot.

Undoubtedly the form driver over the course of the last couple of events,
Ingram now holds a 44 point advantage over closest rival Louise
Richardson with Jake Hill eight points further adrift as the title race
enters its final stages.

Knockhill's undulating circuit always provides great racing and the
Ginetta Juniors didn't disappoint with some terrific battles right
throughout the order. At the front though, Hillspeed driver Ingram
continued where he left off at Silverstone a fortnight ago and took his
fourth victory of the year more than five seconds clear of Hill, who was
a further four seconds ahead ofTom Howard.

Along with the actual victory itself, there were two other key moments
for Ingram in terms of the championship -- Hill running wide off the
circuit at the chicane on lap four and Richardson being tipped into a
costly spin exiting Clark's on the second tour after contact with
Adam Bonham.

Both assisted Ingram's efforts but he's been the pace-setter from
the off this weekend, leading the way during testing on Friday and then
heading free practice this morning. During qualifying, Ingram continued
his dominance by taking pole position for rounds 15 and 16 -- three
10ths of a second and two 10ths of a second to the good over Tollbar
Racing's Hill in each instance.

At the start of today's 12-lapper, the two title protagonists made an
even getaway but Ingram held the inside line for Duffus Dip to lead as
the pair pulled well clear of the chasing pack in just a couple of
corners. Richardson held third place in her TJ Motorsport G40 ahead of
Team Parker's Bonham but the latter grabbed the spot at the hairpin
at the end of the opening lap.

Into the second tour, Ingram and Hill were an incredible two seconds
clear but the early action kicked-off through Clark's when Richardson
and Bonham came together while running side by side over the kerbs.
Pitching Richardson, who was on the outside, across the nose of
Bonham's car, the title contender spun onto the grass on the infield
but luckily managed to recover -- albeit at the back.

Into lap three the lead changed hands when Hill produced a good move into
Duffus Dip and due to the incident involving Richardson and Bonham,
Howard took third ahead of Eurotech's David Moore with Bonham
recovering in fifth just ahead of the outstanding Seb Morris; up from an
impressive seventh on the grid.

Producing a truly sensational effort on his Knockhill debut, 14-year-old
Morris is really starting to make a serious impression on the Ginetta
Junior Championship in what is his first year of car racing action.
Slipping to eighth early on, he battled back superbly and in the end made
his way through to a stunning fourth place -- just a couple of seconds
shy of a maiden podium.

Back at the front, Hill succumbed to pressure from Ingram as they headed
for the chicane and he ran wide through the gravel. Giving the latter
opportunity to extend his advantage, Hill's error also enabled
team-mate Howard to go through to second although they switched again on
lap five.

From that point on Ingram was never challenged as he cruised to a 5.4
second victory and on the ninth tour he posted a new lap record for the
G40 racer, a time of 1m03.035 seconds (72.60mph).

Hill finished four seconds ahead of Howard with Morris in fourth thanks
to a tremendous pass on the brakes into the hairpin on lap eight. David
Moore, the target of Morris' attack, took fifth 0.1 seconds clear of
Bonham with Maverick Domene in seventh, Jody Fannin eighth, Jake Giddings
in ninth and Alex Austin rounding out the top 10. Richardson, meanwhile,
fought back into 11th at the finish.

Reflecting on his day's work, Ingram said: "Today went exactly as
I wanted, I managed to get away after a couple of laps and it all went
perfectly. I'm not holding back now, earlier in the year I was too
concerned with making sure we didn't get any damage but now I'm
just driving as I can. Thanks to all the guys at Hillspeed for doing such
a great job, hopefully we can push for another win tomorrow."

Round 15 runner-up Hill commented: "This result is a bit
disappointing but hopefully we can do better tomorrow. At the start, Tom
(Ingram) had the inside line for the first corner so I chased him and
managed to get the lead. But on lap four I took too much speed into the
chicane and ran wide. I'm disappointed by that but second place
isn't a bad result really."

Third placed Howard added: "It feels good to be back on the podium.
Since I switched teams (from TJ Motorsport to Tollbar) I've had to
get used to the car again but I'm feeling more confident now."

Round 16 of the Ginetta Junior Championship season will get underway at
approximately 11.00 tomorrow, Sunday, 5th September, with Ingram starting
the race on pole position -- thanks to his second best time in
qualifying -- ahead of Hill, Richardson, Bonham, Howard and Morris.